Hi guys, I've also posted this thread on the official 2k forums, but I thought you guys might help me as well:
I've just bought Civ5 Gold edition from Steam, and it plays just fine, for the most part. The only thing that really bothered me was the absence of visual differentiation between units of different civilizations. I found two different mods to improve this situation: One called R.E.D. Modpack and the other Ethnic Units. Both of them crash the game whenever I try to start a new game or load one. Ethnic units crashes as soon as I click "start game" or "load game" and R.E.D. crashes midway into the nation leader's intro (I don't know if this helps).
Two of my friends bought the game on Steam that same day, and they both play with one of these mods activaded with no problem at all. The main difference is that one of them has Vista and the other Windows 7, while I have XP64-bit Professional.
Also, I already tried turning steam into offline mode, resetting the cloud multiple time and verifying the game cache files. Nothing worked.
My DXDiag info is below:
Thank you very much for your help.
Pedro
I've just bought Civ5 Gold edition from Steam, and it plays just fine, for the most part. The only thing that really bothered me was the absence of visual differentiation between units of different civilizations. I found two different mods to improve this situation: One called R.E.D. Modpack and the other Ethnic Units. Both of them crash the game whenever I try to start a new game or load one. Ethnic units crashes as soon as I click "start game" or "load game" and R.E.D. crashes midway into the nation leader's intro (I don't know if this helps).
Two of my friends bought the game on Steam that same day, and they both play with one of these mods activaded with no problem at all. The main difference is that one of them has Vista and the other Windows 7, while I have XP64-bit Professional.
Also, I already tried turning steam into offline mode, resetting the cloud multiple time and verifying the game cache files. Nothing worked.
My DXDiag info is below:
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System Information
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Time of this report: 3/7/2013, 13:29:41
Machine name: HOME-CA7Q7BYV16
Operating System: Windows XP Professional x64 Edition (5.2, Build 3790) Service Pack 2 (3790.srv03_sp2_rtm.070216-1710)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: System manufacturer
System Model: System Product Name
BIOS: Default System BIOS
Processor: AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 925 Processor (4 CPUs), ~3.0GHz
Memory: 4094MB RAM
Page File: 1009MB used, 4871MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.3790.3959 32bit Unicode
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DxDiag Notes
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DirectX Files Tab: No problems found.
Display Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
Music Tab: No problems found.
Input Tab: No problems found.
Network Tab: No problems found.
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DirectX Debug Levels
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Direct3D: 0/4 (n/a)
DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (n/a)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (n/a)
DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow: 0/6 (retail)
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Display Devices
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Card name: ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
Chip type: ATI Radeon Graphics Processor (0x689E)
DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_689E&SUBSYS_30701682&REV_00
Display Memory: 1024.0 MB
Current Mode: 1920 x 1080 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor
Monitor Max Res: 1600,1200
Driver Name: ati2dvag.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.7200 (English)
DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 5/24/2011 23:56:48, 510464 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: n/a
WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
VDD: n/a
Mini VDD: ati2mtag.sys
Mini VDD Date: 5/25/2011 01:22:30, 7875072 bytes
Device Identifier: {D7B71EE2-2BDE-11CF-1269-7A10A1C2CB35}
Vendor ID: 0x1002
Device ID: 0x689E
SubSys ID: 0x30701682
Revision ID: 0x0000
Revision ID: 0x0000
Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_C ModeMPEG2_D
Deinterlace Caps: {6E8329FF-B642-418B-BCF0-BCB6591E255F}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,1) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
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{6E8329FF-B642-418B-BCF0-BCB6591E255F}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,1) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
{335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch
Registry: OK
DDraw Status: Enabled
D3D Status: Enabled
AGP Status: Enabled
DDraw Test Result: Not run
D3D7 Test Result: Not run
D3D8 Test Result: Not run
D3D9 Test Result: Not runThank you very much for your help.
Pedro
